Refuge Church

It’s time for our favorite Sunday of the year! Baptism Sunday!

Jesus commanded his followers to repent and be baptized, as a visible demonstration of their faith and commitment to him. At Refuge, we believe that baptism is a sign and seal of God’s new covenant with all who confess with their mouth Jesus is Lord and believe in their heart that God raised him from the dead (Romans 10:9). We also think it’s one of the most joyful and exciting times in the life of the church!

Join us this Sunday at 10:30 a.m., as we baptize new believers, who have been raised from death to life!

At the turn of the 20th century, G. K. Chesterton said, “The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult; and left untried.” Still today there are many things we wish Jesus hadn’t said, that we’d be sure not to repeat in certain company. We might even say we’re embarrassed to believe some of the things we believe because of how our culture judges people who believe such things.

What’s it for you? What’s the asterisk next to your commitment to follow Jesus? What’s the dealbreaker for you?

Tomorrow morning we’ll start a new series called “He Said What?!” in which we’ll look at the hard sayings of Jesus and explore how we can be thoughtful, principled followers of Jesus in a time when much of what he taught is not appreciated or outright criticized by our culture.